List of contents.. 1The introduction 2Sun Microsystems provides NFS version 4 5The relation between the NFS server andClient file systems 6Architecture of NFS 8 Alternative for NFS 9What is CIFS (SMP).. 9SMB Clients and Servers CurrentlyAvailable 10comparison between NFS and CIFS(SMP) 11 Conclusion. 15 Bibliography.. 17 IntroductionSince human beings have used Computers , the request of being rich ,and getting more information quicker than before has increased . Have you ever found yourself rushing from one computer to another in your office or home ,attending to several different jobs at various location? Or do you often find yourself moving files that need printing from a PC that you happen to be working on the PC that is Connected to the printer ?You may have heard a lot about the advantages of using the internet for sending e-mail, and decided that you want to get connected .Or perhaps you are already connected to the internet through a single PC/Modem , but want all of your office colleagues to have access .All of these situations can be made easier by allowing the various machines to communicate with each other by networking the PCs but sometime you dont know that your PC has (NFS) operating system for sharing file systems and directories across TCP/IP - based Networks.Network File System (NFS) is a popular network operating system and its a distributed file system that allows users to access files and directories located on remote Computers and treat those files and directories as if they were local. For example, users can use operating system commands to create, remove, read write and set files attributes for remotes files and directories.NFS was first introduced by Sun Microsystems in the early 1980s and was quickly adopted as de facto standard for sharing files and printers between UNIX system. This standard was extended to include PCs and became the basis for must transparent f...
